Temporary tattoo facial hair

ABSTRACT

The present invention is directed towards a temporary tattoo. In embodiments of the present invention the temporary tattoo is shaped in the form of a variety of mustaches, goatees, soul patches, sideburns, beards, or in the shape of facial hair that may not be possible with actual facial hair; which may also comprise a variety of designs, graphics, symbols, signs, badges, insignias, logos, emblems, patterns, figures, characters, or combinations thereon.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication No. 61/727,645, filed on Nov. 16, 2012, which isincorporated by reference herein in its entirety for all purposes.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is in the technical field of temporary tattoos.More particularly, the present invention pertains to the field oftemporary tattoos in the shape of facial hair such as: mustaches,goatees, soul patches, sideburns, beards, or eyebrows; with or without avariety of images such as: designs, graphics, symbols, signs, badges,insignias, logos, emblems, patterns, figures, characters, orcombinations thereon.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

A temporary tattoo is a non-permanent image on the skin resembling areal tattoo. Temporary tattoos can be drawn, painted, or airbrushed, asa form of body painting, but most of the time these tattoos aretransferred to the skin. Temporary tattoos of any kind are used fornumerous purposes including self-expression and identification.Temporary tattoos are made of ink and glue, the temporary tattoo isapplied to the outer surface of the skin and remains until such time asthe image fades away (typically after 3-5 days) or is removed.

Temporary tattoos usually consist of five main elements: the front ofthe sheet of paper, the back of the sheet of paper, ink, glue and aprotective plastic sheet. The front of the sheet is covered with aspecial coating upon which the tattoo image is printed with special inksA layer of glue is then applied on top of the image. A thin, transparentplastic sheet is placed over the front of the sheet to protect the imageand glue layer. The back of the sheet is left untreated and often has alist of ingredients and instructions printed on it.

Temporary tattoos are usually applied by removing the plastic sheet,placing the image face down against the skin and moistening the backingby wetting it thoroughly. The backing can then be carefully removed,leaving the image in place.

There are a variety of styles for wearing facial hair, such as:mustaches, goatees, soul patches, sideburns, beards, or eyebrows.Particularly, there are a wide variety of styles for wearing a mustache,or moustache; some traditional versions of which are as follows: thenatural, this mustache may be styled without aids; the Hungarian, thismustache is big and bushy, this mustache begins at the middle of theupper lip and is pulled to the side; the Dali, this mustache is narrowwith long points bent or curved steeply upward, artificial styling aidsneeded; the English, this mustache is narrow, beginning at the middle ofthe upper lip the whiskers are very long and pulled to the side,slightly curled, and the ends are pointed slightly upward; the imperial,this mustache has whiskers growing from both the upper lip and cheeks,curled upward; the Fu Manchu, this mustache is long with downwardpointing ends; the Pancho Villa, this mustache is similar to the FuManchu but thicker; the handlebar, this mustache is bushy, with smallupward pointing ends; the pencil, this mustache is narrow straight andthin as if drawn on by a pencil; the toothbrush, this mustache is thick,but shaved except for about an inch in the center, it has fallen out offashion.

SUMMARY

The scope of the present invention is defined solely by the appendedclaims and detailed description of a preferred embodiment, and is notaffected to any degree by the statements within this summary. Thepresent invention is directed towards a temporary tattoo. In embodimentsof the present invention the temporary tattoo is shaped in the form of avariety of mustaches, goatees, soul patches, sideburns, beards,eyebrows, or in the shape of facial hair that may not be possible withactual facial hair; which may also comprise a variety of images such as:designs, graphics, symbols, signs, badges, insignias, logos, emblems,patterns, figures, characters, or combinations thereon.

OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES

The present disclosure can provide a number of advantages depending onthe particular aspect, embodiment, and/or configuration. None of theparticular objects or advantages that follow must be entirely satisfiedas they are non-exclusive alternatives and at least one of the followingobjects is met; accordingly, several objects and advantages of thepresent invention are:

(a) to provide a temporary tattoo;

(b) to provide a temporary tattoo in the shape of a mustache;

(c) to provide a temporary tattoo in the shape of a goatee;

(d) to provide a temporary tattoo in the shape of a soul patch;

(e) to provide a temporary tattoo in the shape of a side burn;

(f) to provide a temporary tattoo in the shape of a beard;

(g) to provide a temporary tattoo in the shape of eyebrows;

(h) to provide a temporary tattoo in a non-traditional facial hairstyle;

(i) to provide a temporary tattoo comprising designs, graphics, symbols,signs, badges, insignias, logos, emblems, patterns, figures, characters,or combinations thereon;

(j) to provide a temporary tattoo comprising the look of facial hair;

(k) to provide a temporary tattoo comprising logos for sports teams;

(l) to provide a temporary tattoo comprising the design of flags orother indicators of location or nationality;

(m) to provide a temporary tattoo comprising a metallic luster.

These and other objectives and advantages of the instant invention willbecome apparent from the following description taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings wherein are set forth, by way of illustrationand example, certain embodiments of the instant invention. The drawingsare intended to constitute a part of this specification and includeexemplary embodiments of the present invention and illustrate variousobjects and features thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above, and other, aspects, features, and advantages of severalembodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent from thefollowing Detailed Description as presented in conjunction with thefollowing several figures of the Drawing.

FIG. 1 (Sheet 1) illustrates a person wearing a temporary tattoomustache, according to embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2A (Sheet 2) illustrates a temporary tattoo mustache and soulpatch, according to embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2B (Sheet 2) illustrates a temporary tattoo mustache in anon-traditional style, according to embodiments of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2C (Sheet 2) illustrates a temporary tattoo mustache that simulatesa real mustache, according to embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2D (Sheet 2) illustrates a temporary tattoo mustache that comprisesa State flag design, according to embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2E (Sheet 2) illustrates a temporary tattoo mustache that comprisesa Country flag design, according to embodiments of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2F (Sheet 2) illustrates a temporary tattoo mustache that comprisesa graphic design with a logo, according to embodiments of the presentinvention.

Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding componentsthroughout the several figures of the Drawings. Elements in the severalfigures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have notnecessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some ofthe elements in the figures may be emphasized relative to other elementsfor facilitating understanding of the various presently disclosedembodiments. Also, common, but well-understood, elements that are usefulor necessary in commercially feasible embodiment are often not depictedin order to facilitate a less obstructed view of these variousembodiments of the present disclosure.

REFERENCES

-   1 A person.-   2 A temporary tattoo in the shape of a mustache-   3 Alphanumeric characters-   4 A soul patch-   5 A non-traditional mustache style-   6 Simulated hair-   7 A State flag-   8 A Country flag-   9 A graphic design-   10 A logo

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but ismade merely for the purpose of describing the general principles ofexemplary embodiments, many additional embodiments of this invention arepossible. It is understood that no limitation of the scope of theinvention is thereby intended. The scope of the disclosure should bedetermined with reference to the Claims. Reference throughout thisspecification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” or similar languagemeans that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic that isdescribed in connection with the embodiment is included in at least oneembodiment of the present disclosure. Thus, appearances of the phrases“in one embodiment,” “in an embodiment,” and similar language throughoutthis specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the sameembodiment.

Further, the described features, structures, or characteristics of thepresent disclosure may be combined in any suitable manner in one or moreembodiments. In the Detailed Description, numerous specific details areprovided for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure.One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that theembodiments of the present disclosure can be practiced without one ormore of the specific details, or with other methods, components,materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures,materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoidobscuring aspects of the present disclosure. Any alterations and furthermodifications in the illustrated devices, and such further applicationof the principles of the invention as illustrated herein arecontemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to whichthe invention relates.

Unless otherwise indicated, the drawings are intended to be read (e.g.,arrangement of parts, proportion, degree, etc.) together with thespecification, and are to be considered a portion of the entire writtendescription of this invention. As used in the following description, theterms “horizontal”, “vertical”, “left”, “right”, “up” and “down”, aswell as adjectival and adverbial derivatives thereof (e.g.,“horizontally”, “rightwardly”, “upwardly”, etc.), simply refer to theorientation of the illustrated structure as the particular drawingfigure faces the reader. Similarly, the terms “inwardly” and “outwardly”generally refer to the orientation of a surface relative to its axis ofelongation, or axis of rotation, as appropriate.

The phrases “at least one,” “one or more,” and “and/or” are open-endedexpressions that are both conjunctive and disjunctive in operation. Forexample, each of the expressions “at least one of A, B and C”, “at leastone of A, B, or C”, “one or more of A, B, and C”, “one or more of A, B,or C” and “A, B, and/or C” means A alone, B alone, C alone, A and Btogether, A and C together, B and C together, or A, B and C together.The terms “a” or “an” entity refers to one or more of that entity. Assuch, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more” and “at least one” can beused interchangeably herein. It is also to be noted that the terms“comprising,” “including,” and “having” can be used interchangeably.

For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of thepresent invention, reference will now be made to the embodimentsillustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used todescribe the same.

One example of a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated inFIG. 1. A person (1) places temporary tattoo (2) on their face. Thetemporary tattoo (2) may be shaped in the form of a variety ofmustaches, goatees, soul patches, sideburns, beards, eyebrows, or in theshape of facial hair that may not be possible with actual facial hair.Such temporary tattoo (2) may optionally comprise images such as:designs, graphics, symbols, signs, badges, insignias, logos, emblems,patterns, figures, characters, metallic colors and lusters, orcombinations thereon. In FIG. 1 alphanumeric characters (3) aredisplayed on the temporary tattoo (2).

Multiple embodiments of the present invention are illustrated asfollows. FIG. 2A illustrates a temporary tattoo (2) in the shape of amustache and soul patch (4). FIG. 2B illustrates a temporary tattoo (2)in the shape of a mustache in a non-traditional style (5); suchnon-traditional styles of temporary tattoos may have fine delineationbetween distinct regions not capable with actual facial hair. FIG. 2Cillustrates a temporary tattoo (2) in the shape of a mustache thatsimulates a real mustache, having a representation of human hair thereon(6); such representation of human hair may be of any color and gain ofhair. FIG. 2D illustrates a temporary tattoo (2) in the shape of amustache that comprises a State flag design (7). FIG. 2E illustrates atemporary tattoo (2) in the shape of a mustache that comprises a Countryflag design (8). FIG. 2F illustrates a temporary tattoo (2) in the shapeof a mustache that comprises a graphic design (9) and a logo for asports team (10); although a graphic design (9) and a logo for a sportsteam (10) are pictured any combination of images such as: designs,graphics, symbols, signs, badges, insignias, logos, emblems, patterns,figures, or characters may be used.

Information as herein shown and described in detail is fully capable ofattaining the above-described object of the present disclosure, thepresently preferred embodiment of the present disclosure; and is, thus,representative of the subject matter; which is broadly contemplated bythe present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure fullyencompasses other embodiments which may become obvious to those skilledin the art, and is to be limited, accordingly, by nothing other than theappended claims, wherein any reference to an element being made in thesingular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless explicitly sostated, but rather “one or more.” All structural and functionalequivalents to the elements of the above-described preferred embodimentand additional embodiments as regarded by those of ordinary skill in theart are hereby expressly incorporated by reference and are intended tobe encompassed by the present claims.

Moreover, no requirement exists for a system or method to address eachand every problem sought to be resolved by the present disclosure, forsuch to be encompassed by the present claims. Furthermore, no element,component, or method step in the present disclosure is intended to bededicated to the public regardless of whether the element, component, ormethod step is explicitly recited in the claims. However, that variouschanges and modifications in form, material, work-piece, and fabricationmaterial detail may be made, without departing from the spirit and scopeof the present disclosure, as set forth in the appended claims, as maybe apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, are also encompassedby the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A temporary tattoo, comprising: the shape offacial hair; an image thereon.
 2. The temporary tattoo of claim 1,wherein said facial hair shape is that of a mustache.
 3. The temporarytattoo of claim 1, wherein said facial hair shape is that of anon-traditional mustache.
 4. The temporary tattoo of claim 1, whereinsaid facial hair shape is that of a soul patch.
 5. The temporary tattooof claim 1, wherein said facial hair shape is that of a goatee.
 6. Thetemporary tattoo of claim 1, wherein said facial hair shape is that of asideburn.
 7. The temporary tattoo of claim 1, wherein said facial hairshape is that of a beard.
 8. The temporary tattoo of claim 1, whereinsaid facial hair shape is that of an eyebrow.
 9. The temporary tattoo ofclaim 1, wherein said image comprises a representation of facial hair.10. The temporary tattoo of claim 1, wherein said image comprises alogo.
 11. The temporary tattoo of claim 10, wherein said logo comprisesa logo for a sports team.
 12. The temporary tattoo of claim 1, whereinsaid image comprises a flag.
 13. The temporary tattoo of claim 12,wherein said flag comprises a state flag.
 14. The temporary tattoo ofclaim 12, wherein said image comprises a country flag.
 15. The temporarytattoo of claim 1, wherein said image comprises a combination of images.16. The temporary tattoo of claim 1, wherein said image comprises acombination of a logo and a flag.
 17. The temporary tattoo of claim 1,wherein said image comprises a metallic color and luster.
 18. Thetemporary tattoo of claim 17, wherein said image comprises a flag. 19.The temporary tattoo of claim 17, wherein said image comprises a logo.20. The temporary tattoo of claim 16, wherein said image comprises acombination of images.